Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GNU/Linux is the Empowerment of the PC. So What Do You Do? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:02:14 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <17c37c35720e7ddc$20295$3326957$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17c40c6de0c879aa$405$1351842$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17c417d563439fed$44$3121036$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17c43fa6cd7d5d2d$59197$3716115$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:02:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a76d949f2d228eae9e68aa0d58989aa3"; logging-data="1320813"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18oCL+J6Kk3vP2Iq0aUlSs/7YHYeHO34bE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:gYLKpBpE04EXAu0mMuOXWVLv8Sw= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2292 On 4/9/24 11:14 AM, DFS wrote: > On 4/9/2024 7:52 AM, shitv wrote: > > >> Of course distortion, noise, and frequency response can be measured, >> although "golden eared" audiophools will assert that the measurements >> do not suffice. > > > Speaking of which: > > "I like movies and music and have a pretty darn good stereo (the > speakers alone list for over $10k)." - shitv Jul 2006 > > > $10K just to listen to the Ghostbusters soundtrack in hi-fi... what an > idiot. It might have been worth spending that much ~20 years ago, but for most of us, mere age has reduced our hearing range capability by quite a bit, such that Billy Joel's "cheap pair o speakers" does well enough. -hh